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Record Number: 11498


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The Papillons have now got the Book [J & H Smith's "Rejected Addresses"] and like it very much; their niece Eleanor has recommended it most warmly to them. - [italics] She [end italics] looks like a rejected Addresser.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1812 and 24 Jan 1813

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Hampshire

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Papillon Family

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

various

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

James and Horatio Smith

Title:

Rejected Addresses; or the new Theatrum Poetarum

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first published 1812

Provenance

Borrowed (circulating library)
borrowed from the Chawton Book Society


Source Information:

Record ID:

11498

Source:

Print

Author:

Jane Austen

Editor:

Deirdre Le Faye

Title:

Jane Austen's Letters

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

198

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Sunday 24 January 1813, from Chawton.

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 198, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11498, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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